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Tapestries of Prague Castle collections
Pospíšilová, Denisa Isabella ; Sojka, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Šmied, Miroslav (referee)
Annotation: The work is dedicated to tapestries from Prague Castle collections, hanging in the State Rooms and the ones that are stored in Prague Castle depository. The tapestries always played an important role in decorating the interior and still help to create a festive atmosphere of this place, usually not accessible to the public. The author focuses on detailed identification of three baroque series known as Anthony and Cleopatra and Months of the year. The serie Anthony and Cleopatra dates back to the turn of the 17th and the 18th centuries. Convolutes of the tapestries of the cycle Months of the year (represented at Prague Castle in two ways - figurally and non-figurally) were made at the beginning of the 18th century as well as in the years 1728-1736. The tapestry on the theme of the life of Anthony and Cleopatra consists of eight pieces. Seven of them belong to an elementary part of Prague Castle collection, the eighth is in Vienna. The serie Months of the year has a similar history. It consists of ten pieces, nine of them are situated at Prague Castle, the tenth is again in Vienna. Longstory short, the work is dedicated to baroque tapestries that help to create genius loci of Prague Castle. After a brief introduction providing the informative insight into the issue, the explanation of the history...
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Franz Ferdinand d'Este on Konopiště. The distribution of his power, wealth, grandeur, families and heart
Pospíšilová, Denisa Isabella ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Sojka, Jaroslav (referee)
The bachelor thesis ,,Franz Ferdinand d'Este on Konopiště. Distribution of his power, wealth, magnificence, family and heart" is focusing first on brief history of chateau Konopiště, then the chateau itself and then on life of one of very significant figures of world's history, who has come into historical awareness not only with his political importance, but also with his fate. Significant part of heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand d'Este and his family's life is connected with chateau Konopiště. This work is mainly about Franz Ferdinand d'Este's life, life of his family and reconstruction of chateau Konopiště, it's hunting grounds, parks, gardens, concentration of a large number of art items and changing entire manor into a representative residence. Unification of the residence is in the spirit of academical romanticism, passion for hunting, personal decision-making and influence of Franz Ferdinand d'Este. He transformed chateau Konopiště first as a member of Habsburg dynasty and then as an heir of the throne.
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